Background
Sunde, Harald was born on March 9, 1954.
Sunde, Harald was born on March 9, 1954.
Attended, Officer Candidate School for Cavalry. Attended, Military Academy, 1976—1979. Attended, Norwegian Army Staff College, 1986.
Attended, Fuhrungsakademie der Bundeswehr, 1987—1989. Attended, United States Army War College, 1998—1999.
Joined Forsvaret (Norwegian Armed Forces), 1973, sergeant, second lieutenant, 1974—1979, duty officer Recce Coy/Brigade Northern Norway, 1974—1975, duty officer officer candidate school/calvary, 1976, lieutenant, 1979—1980, duty officer cavalry school, 1979—1980, captain, 1980—1986, duty officer Army parachute school, 1980—1984, second in command Recce Coy/Brigade Northern Norway, 1984—1985, company Commander Recce Coy/Brigade Northern Norway, 1985—1986, major, 1986—1992, instructor, section chief cavalry school, 1986—1987, instructor Army staff college, 1989—1992, lieutenant colonel, 1992—1996, commanding officer, Army special operations commando, 1992—1996, chief of staff to Nordic Polish Brigade/Implementation Force Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1996, colonel, 1996—2000, commanding officer armoured brigade South Norway, 1996—1998, chief operations planning branch, operations division, headquarters defense command Norway, 1999—2000, brigadier, 2000—2003, inspector cavalry, Commander cavalry regiment South, 2000—2002, assistant chief staff J5/9, regional headquarters AFNORTH, 2002—2003, major general, 2003—2006, Commander land forces Norway, 2003—2005, lieutenant general, 2006—2009, military representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization mil committee, 2006—2009, Commander national joint headquarters, 2009, general, since 2009, chief of defense, since 2009. Head department operations and emergency planning Royal Norwegian Ministry Defense, 2005—2006.
Married Solvi Sunde; 2 children.